The mediating role of intercultural communication apprehension in the relationship between ethnocentrism and attitude towards asylum-seekers of nursing students

KURU ALICI N., Kaya Y.

NURSE EDUCATION TODAY, cilt.119, 2022 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 119
  • Basım Tarihi: 2022
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.nedt.2022.105579
  • Dergi Adı: NURSE EDUCATION TODAY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, ASSIA, CINAHL, EBSCO Education Source, Education Abstracts, Educational research abstracts (ERA), EMBASE, MEDLINE, DIALNET
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Ethnocentrism, Intercultural communication, Refugees, Nursing students, CULTURAL COMPETENCE
  • Hacettepe Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Background: In order to provide culturally appropriate care, nursing students' intercultural communication anxiety, ethnocentrism and attitudes towards refugees should be examined.Objectives: This study aimed to examine the relationship among ethnocentrism and attitudes towards refugees in nursing students and to determine whether intercultural communication apprehension could mediate the rela-tionship between ethnocentrism and attitude towards asylum-seekers.Design: A cross-sectional, descriptive design. Participants: 226 nursing students in Turkey.Methods: Data were collected using ethnocentrism, intercultural communication apprehension, and attitudes towards asylum-seekers scales and analyzed with Pearson's correlation coefficient and Baron and Kenny's three -regression analysis and Sobel test.Results: Ethnocentrism was positively associated with both intercultural communication apprehension and at-titudes towards asylum-seekers scale. Intercultural communication apprehension was positively associated with attitudes towards asylum-seekers scale. Intercultural communication apprehension mediated the relationship between ethnocentrism and attitudes towards asylum-seekers (Z = 4.0497, p < 0.001).Conclusion: In line with these results, intercultural communication apprehension was a crucial mediator between ethnocentrism and attitudes towards asylum-seekers. Interventions to improve intercultural communication apprehension of nursing students should include nursing students' ethnocentrism and attitude towards refugees.